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Catherine Ardagh on the importance of SNAs

Over recent days we have seen the government roll back on reforms to reductions in SNAs in school...

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16.45 2 Mar 2026


Catherine Ardagh on the importance of SNAs


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16.45 2 Mar 2026


Over recent days we have seen the government roll back on reforms to reductions in SNAs in schools around the country. Parents had been left angered and concerned as some schools received letters informing them that their SNA numbers would be cut from September.

Fianna Fáil TD Catherine Ardagh has written in the Independent today about her experience as the mother of a non-verbal autistic child and she said she is “very disappointed in [her] own Government”...

Shane is joined by Deputy Ardagh to discuss.


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